'NOBODY KNOWS’
Donald Trump says Jeffrey Epstein may have been MURDERED in jail adding ‘people are still trying to figure it out’
DONALD Trump has suggested that paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein may have been murdered in his prison cell rather than killing himself.
The President’s comment is sure to add fuel to conspiracy theories that Epstein was killed by powerful people before he could implicate them in his vile sex-trafficking crimes.
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was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges at a federal prison in Manhattan when he was found hanged on the morning of August 10 last year.
An autopsy revealed he had a fracture to his neck and New York’s chief medical examiner Dr Barbara Sampson concluded the death was a "suicide".
Meanwhile victims fear that Ghislaine Maxwell, 58, who is being held in a Brooklyn jail on charges regarding her part in Epstein’s sex trafficking, could die before she faces justice.
But in a sit down interview with which aired last night, appeared to cast doubt on the official ruling on how Epstein died.
When asked by Swan why he wished suspected sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell well, he replied: "Her boyfriend [Epstein] died in jail — yeah I wish her well… good luck.
"Let them prove somebody was guilty... Her boyfriend [Epstein] died in jail, and people are still trying to figure out how did it happen.
"Was it suicide? Was he killed? And I do wish her well. I'm not looking for anything bad for her. I'm not looking bad for anybody.
"Her boyfriend died in jail, was he killed, was it suicide… I do, I wish her well."
But the President is not the only one to raise doubt on the circumstances of
“Was it suicide? Was he killed? And I do wish her well. I'm not looking for anything bad for her
US President Donald Trump
It is now under investigation by the Justice Department.
And notably, given that he was New York City’s former chief medical examiner, Dr Michael Baden disputed the verdict of his successor Barbara Sampson.
Baden he may have been strangled.
He said: "I think that the evidence points toward homicide rather than suicide."
He was hired by Epstein’s family — who were appalled about allegation but suspicious about his sudden death — to observe his autopsy
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Epstein's victims, who have waited decades for justice, hope they now have the opportunity to hold Maxwell to account for her alleged role in grooming and abusing dozens of girls and women, something that she strenuously denies.
Yet many fear justice could be thwarted if she dies in her cell like her co-accused and former lover.
Some victims fear she may try to killer herself while others fears she might be murdered because she, like her ex-boyfriend, could implicate rich and powerful people.
Epstein and Maxwell are known to have been well-connected, and had reportedly boasted in the past about having video evidence of abuse carried out by US politicians and high-society figures.
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Pathologist Dr. Michael Baden claims alleged death of Jeffrey Epstein doesn't match the wounds on his neck as new autopsy pictures emerge
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